"What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries!"

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The good, supreme, divine poetry is above the rules and reason. Whoever discerns its beauty with a firm, sedate gaze does not see it, any more than he sees the splendor of a lightning flash. It does not persuade our judgement, it ravishes and overwhelms it.

— Michel de Montaigne